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A book idea!
tellingpeople —
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I’m travelling a lot at the moment and, as company policy (and it’s my company so I’d better stick to it) it’s by train. What to do with the hours? Well I could sleep or blog or… instead I’m reading. Jurgen Wolff’s “Marketing for Entrepteneurs”.Why? Because it was the best option at WHSmiths at the ...1 day ago -
Public Speaking Tips: How to be Emotional about a Dry Topic
Executive Speech Coach Presentations Training - NJ NY Manhattan —
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First of all, don’t overdo it. If it’s dry, it’s dry. I heard someone link his call to action to survival, which was a bit of an overstatement. Modesty in all things! Nevertheless, since I often find myself urging clients to include emotional arguments as well as fact-based , here are a few tips. ...2 days ago -
Try, try, try a little subtly, please!
tellingpeople —
Authority: 412
It’s been a long while since I’ve blogged (sorry!) because I’ve been training people every day and I’ve not had the chance to write anything (or the energy for that matter). Thanks to my sexy new iPhone however, I’ve been able to read stuff while on busses, trains and waiting in queues so I’ve [...]4 days ago -
ExhibitView - Finally, Presentation Software ANYONE can use!
Trial Presentation Blog —
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OK- First - a short story: Often times Ill go into a law firm and discuss their upcoming cases and the best way that their exhibits should be displayed. Naturally, Im hoping to leverage the skills of our presentation department together with our litigation assistance and our presentation rental facilities at VR ...4 days ago -
What’s the Big Idea?
Life After PowerPoint! —
Authority: 110
Every successful speech and presentation drives home one — and only one — big idea. A big idea organizes, ties together, and makes sense of many smaller ideas. Great speeches advance one big idea. At Gettysburg Lincoln spoke of the birth, death, and rebirth of liberty. At the outbreak of WWII in his first ...6 days ago -
Presentation Brief: Download this useful tool for free
All About Presentations —
Authority: 118
A Presentation Brief is like an advertising brief. Before making every TV commercial the company tells their advertising agency what is the objective of the commercial, what message to convey and to whom. This brief guides the agency in making a commercial which serves the client well. Similarly a presentation brief ...2 weeks ago -
When Computers Leave Classrooms, So Does Boredom
Life After PowerPoint! —
Authority: 110
There’s an article worth reading on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s web site. It’s titled “When Computers Leave Classrooms, So Does Boredom.” It isn’t a rant against the use of PowerPoint in teaching, but it does try to get teachers away from an over-reliance on it. The article extensively cites ...2 weeks ago -
How to make slides as fast as Maggi noodles?
All About Presentations —
Authority: 118
Making slides for a presentation is often a long and tedious process. It might take you hours just to get the content in place and editing / re-editing slides might extend it even longer. But in reality you never have enough time. Your boss wants a presentation by tomorrow morning and he might tell you today evening. ...2 weeks ago -
When to breathe…
tellingpeople —
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I know it’s not quite technically correct all the time, but one of the ways children are taught about where to put commas into sentences is to think about where they’d breathe if they were saying it out loud. It doesn’t work all the time but it’s a pretty handy rule of thumb.It also [...]2 weeks ago -
Make a PLAN and Make It Great – CA style
Phil Gerbyshak —
Authority: 107
Recently I spent a week in California speaking to 5 HDI chapters to share points from my book 10 Ways to Make It Great ! Every time I do the presentation, I mix it up, re-do parts of my PowerPoint slides, and think about things a little differently. What follows is the presentation for those who wanted to see it. ...2 weeks ago -
Venues again…
tellingpeople —
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Yesterday I mentioned that when you’re working somewhere other than your office it’s a really good idea to have one person in charge of logistics. Today I’d like to make a quick comment about some of the things that your venue might not provide (despite saying they will). The obvious solution, of course, [...]3 weeks ago -
Steve Jobs: 7 Lessons from a Marketing Genius
Phil Gerbyshak —
Authority: 107
What follows is a guest article by Carmine Gallo, Author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience Note from Phil: This is a book I MUST finish this year. I’ve poked through it, but I want to devour it in 1 sitting, and I just haven’t had the time. I’m ...3 weeks ago -
Presentations: What To Wear
Professionally Speaking... —
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"I base most of my fashion sense on what doesnt itch" ~~ Gilda Radner If asked, most of us would say we want to look our best when we are at the front of a room, presenting to a group of people. However, in the flurry of pulling content together, finishing slides and producing handouts, we dont always give enough ...3 weeks ago -
Working it!
tellingpeople —
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I was talking yesterday about how important it is to work hard in your preparation, not just the presentation itself. A sports coach I heard of recently summed that all up with the phrase “Train hard – play easy“. I like that.My old piano teacher was a concert pianist and I [...]3 weeks ago -
How Much Time Do You Spend Rehearsing?
Life After PowerPoint! —
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I’ve just returned from working with over 80 sales reps of a high-tech firm. They sell contracts (consulting, installation, products, and maintenance) that are worth many, many millions of dollars. Their sales process, which is remarkably well thought out, requires them to give several presentations. Their final ...3 weeks ago -
A simple truism….
tellingpeople —
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…. that I learned from a fried of mine who’s a choreographer: I overheard her talking to some dancers. “If it looks like you’re working hard when you perform,” she said, “you’ve not worked hard enough during rehearsals”.How true.Public speaking and presenting should look easy – it should look like ...3 weeks ago -
The Brave and the Bold
tellingpeople —
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Yesterday I commented on lighter, higher voices having an advantage because they traveled further. This morning is a ‘brain off’ morning and I’m sitting, vegged out, in front of the TV. Which is fine, ‘cos it’s showing “BATMAN; the brave and the bold”. (Cultured? Me?)Batman, of course, is calm, ...4 weeks ago -
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow…
tellingpeople —
Authority: 412
The last blog on this site was about the storyline of your presentations and how to memorize what you’re saying next.That reminded me of a really bad presentation I say through recently in which the presenter used the words “And another thing” to move on to her next bullet-point. Let’s face it, if the [...]4 weeks ago -
Are you ready for a colour problem?
All About Presentations —
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I attended a presentation two days back wherein an advertising agency was presenting some designs to its clients . Design which needed to be approved by the client. The major elements which were under scrutiny from their client were the shape and the colour scheme. The Problem The presenter could see that the ...4 weeks ago -
Presentation Tip: The Difficult Speech
Professionally Speaking... —
Authority: 395
Every so often we are called upon to make a difficult speech...you know the kind I mean. It might be a speech informing your employees that budgets are being cut by 25% and layoffs are required; it might be one where you communicate that the incentive trip everyone worked so hard for is canceled; it might be ...4 weeks ago
